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Colombia reported its first cases of microcephaly associated to the Zika virus on April 14, 2016. [126] The CDC authorized emergency use of a Zika Virus RNA Qualitative test on April 28 to detect Zika virus in the blood of patients who have symptoms of Zika virus infection and live in or have traveled to an area with ongoing Zika virus ...
Spread of the Zika virus [1] [2] [3]. This article primarily covers the chronology of the 2015–16 Zika virus epidemic.Flag icons denote the first announcements of confirmed cases by the respective nation-states, their first deaths (and other events such as their first reported cases of microcephaly and major public health announcements), and relevant sessions and announcements of the World ...
Zika fever (also known as Zika virus disease) is an illness caused by Zika virus. [80] Around 80% of cases are estimated to be asymptomatic, though the accuracy of this figure is hindered by the wide variance in data quality, and figures from different outbreaks can vary significantly. [ 81 ]
Though Zika virus has been shown to infect human Schwann cells. [23] Several countries affected by Zika outbreaks have reported increases in the rate of new cases of GBS. During the 2013–2014 outbreak in French Polynesia there were 42 reported cases of GBS over a 3-month period, compared to between 3 and 10 annually prior to the outbreak. [24]
The Zika Authorization Plan Act of 2016 (H.R. 4562) was a bill introduced in the second session of the United States 114th Congress by Representative Curt Clawson (R-FL) on February 12, 2016. [1] [2] The bill was prompted by the Zika virus health scare and was aimed at reducing the spread of the virus. [3]
Zika, a virus known to cause the birth defect microcephaly, first began spreading in Puerto Rico in December.
For a given epidemic or pandemic, the average of its estimated death toll range is used for ranking. If the death toll averages of two or more epidemics or pandemics are equal, then the smaller the range, the higher the rank. For the historical records of major changes in the world population, see world population. [3]
During the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak, the SARS-CoV-1 virus was prevented from causing a pandemic of Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Rapid action by national and international health authorities such as the World Health Organization helped to slow transmission and eventually broke the chain of transmission, which ended the localized epidemics before they could become a pandemic.